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EDWARD CHARLES VANOVER
Lance Corporal · U.S. Marine Corps
August 23, 1948 – July 10, 1968
Service recordEdward Charles Vanover, of Oxford, Pennsylvania, served as a Lance Corporal in the U.S. Marine Corps. He died on July 10, 1968, in Quang Nam Province, South Vietnam, at age 19. His name is inscribed on Panel 52W, Line 13 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 52W · Line 13
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Marine Corps
- Rank
- Lance Corporal (LCPL)
- Service
- Regular
- Occupation
- Rifleman (0311)
- Born
- August 23, 1948
- Home of record
- Oxford, Pennsylvania (Chester County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- July 10, 1968
- Age
- 19
- Province
- Quang Nam
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Killed in Action
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
21 names on the Wall carry the date July 10, 1968; six of them were lost in Quảng Nam Province. In July 1968, 993 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
Also on Panel 52W, Line 13
- LEMON WALLACE JRPrivate First Class · July 10, 1968
- JOHN LOUIS ADAMSCorporal · July 11, 1968
- ADOLPH WILLIAM ALBRECHTCorporal · July 11, 1968
- HERMAN DAVID ROBERTSPrivate First Class · July 11, 1968
From Oxford
- ROBERT ARNOLD DAVISPrivate First Class · November 15, 1965
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.